… reading my translations on this blog, please consider buying a copy of my book, A Crown of Violets: Selected Poems of Renée Vivien from Headmistress Press or Amazon! Renée Vivien (born Pauline Mary Tarn, 1877-1909) was one of the first “out” lesbian poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume makes some of her most important lyrics (originally composed in French) available in English for the first time!